German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu chat with students as they visit a German school in Istanbul, Turkey September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Tolga Bozoglu/Pool

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss Syria and Ukraine during a meeting in Berlin on Friday, a spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

“Syria of course will be one of the topics, the endeavor to find a diplomatic solution, and Ukraine will be discussed,” the spokeswoman told a news conference.